IF THE SHOE FITS: Christian Louboutin will be the guest of honor at the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT’s annual luncheon.
The footwear designer is internationally known for his red-soled footwear that is routinely worn by a slew of celebrities including Rachel Brosnahan, Bella Hadid, Adriana Lima, Martha Hunt and Hailey Clauson in recent weeks alone. Louboutin will receive this year’s Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion at the Sept. 4 event at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. As in years past, the luncheon is the unofficial curtain-raiser to New York Fashion week and it will benefit The Museum at FIT.
Louboutin has been singled out for “his lifelong dedication to the art and craft of fashion” by an advisory committee, chaired by MFIT’s director Valerie Steele. The committee includes: Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Glenda Bailey, Vogue’s international editor at large Hamish Bowles, Triple Five Group’s chief creative officer Ken Downing, Bergdorf Goodman’s senior vice president of fashion and store presentation director Linda Fargo, Fashion*Art*Forecasting’s executive consultant Nicole Fischelis; Kyoto Costume Institute’s director emerita Akiko Fukai; Couture Council board member Kamie Lightburn; The Museum at FIT’s deputy director Patricia Mears; Vogue’s Suzy Menkes; fashion historian
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